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Icefian Campaign => Constables of Icefia => Topic started by: Zunder on September 21, 2011, 09:46:12 AM
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Vasili breaks open the documentation and starts reading....
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"Should we review that here? In the barracks? I suppose traveling to another location in this weather is not productive."
"Is anyone here opposed to disguises? Since we may need to go undercover to investigate. Speaking of which, has anyone here ever investigated before?"
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"Should we review that here? In the barracks? I suppose traveling to another location in this weather is not productive."
"Is anyone here opposed to disguises? Since we may need to go undercover to investigate. Speaking of which, has anyone here ever investigated before?"
I don't have anywhere else to go in the city to review this case. I can't afford a apartment, and a bar/inn could be busy, crowded and noisy with the weather like it is. I'll comment on the disguises on a case by case basis. Once I obtain my goal, i won't really have to enter anyplace to investigate. No, i have never investigated as part of my job before. However I did prove my sister was sneaking out with her lover, and other non professional matters.
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I don't have anywhere else to go in the city to review this case. I can't afford a apartment, and a bar/inn could be busy, crowded and noisy with the weather like it is. I'll comment on the disguises on a case by case basis. Once I obtain my goal, i won't really have to enter anyplace to investigate. No, i have never investigated as part of my job before. However I did prove my sister was sneaking out with her lover, and other non professional matters.
Uleric responds after an exasperated sigh:
"We've been assigned to a Watch tower. We're part of the Constabulatory. We'll be living in the Barracks unless anyone has the coin for some place better. I say we report to our command, Check in with the Sargent, and use the facilities there to look at these documents. It'll be a damn sight warmer at least."
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However I did prove my sister was sneaking out with her lover, and other non professional matters.
"Culture shock, I never expected that from a Gree."
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"Culture shock, I never expected that from a Gree."
Either would have I, my parents, and therefore my sister are a hippies.
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"There are Gree with hips?"
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The File:
You open the file to find 10 pieces of parchment, bound with waxed thread and treated with a wax or oil to protect the ink. Each page is covered with meticulous handwriting in the margins and notes in tiny elven script outside the margins.
Murder#8, 15 Costus 570 PsA (783)
Assigned Investigator: Udarin Thate, Second Deputy and Chief Investigator of the Royal City of Port Phiam. Special Assignment by order of First Deputy Constable Brentan Firepeak.
Location: Uncertain, likely North of the King's Road, West of the Hall Walk. No crime scene.
Victim: Abram Stormmoon
Race: Human; Gender: Male; Age: Approximately 74; Spouse: Astra, Deceased, age 66, Northut, Main Continent, Disease
Cause of Death: Incision of the wind pipe, arteries and veins of the neck, resulting in asphyxiation and exsanguination; weapon likely a wire garrote.
Location of the discovery of the Victim: City Dump, South side, exposed to the elements. Body was stripped naked.
Person who discovered the Victim: Tama Ember, Resident of Northwest Ward, Age 70.
Classification: High Crime: Intentional Murder
Motive: Unknown
Suspects: None. Target of Investigation: None
Special Circumstances: Victim is a life long city resident. Member of the Directing Council of the City for 12 years at the time of Death. Business interests: Vinter and Brewer. One of the wealthiest subjects of the City, possibly the Kingdom. (Decedent spent considerable sums of money in the months between his wife's death and his own. Unable to account for the purchases. Much of the family fortune had already been distributed to the children at the time of his wife's death.
Subject had seven children, six presently living, three of those in the city, all employed by the family business. The three children in residence cooperated with my investigation volunteering to be questioned in a Zone of Truth despite prohibition against use of the spell in investigations.
No witnesses saw the body deposited in the dump. Body discovered by Ms. Ember near dawn. Every morning residents of the Northwest Ward scour the dump for valuables or usable items. Whoever left the body knew it would be found right away. No fear of capture. Bold.
Responding constables did not disturb the body per standing orders. Does not appear subjects disturbed the body either. No drag marks to the scene. No animal prints. Area too heavily traveled to reveal humanoid prints. He bled elsewhere, minimal blood at the location. There has to be a scene somewhere he was almost empty.
After consultation with the family the decedent was interrogated by high cleric of Stasis, Thelis Cinas. The following questions and answers were recorded:
1) Do you know who killed you? No
2)What prevented you from seeing them? Attacked from behind.
3)Where were you when you were attacked? Near the King's Road
4)What were you doing? Walking home from dinner with Council Lady Fairwind.
5) At what time? around 10. This was a wasteful question posed by the cleric before I could interjectI stand corrected, see below.
6) Did you see anyone suspicious on your walk? No
7)Who else was at dinner? Councilman Corson
8)Have you had any problems recently in the Council? No
9)Have you had any problems with family? No
Following up on the questions posed by the cleric all likely routes from Ms. Fairwind's home to the Stormmoon estate were searched for a scene. None was located.
Ms. Fairwind and Mr. Corson were interviewed and cooperated fully. Their interviews offered little insight. Both council members stated that the primary purpose of the dinner was social; the decedent had been reclusive in the months immediately following his wife's untimely death but had recently regained some of his vigor. Some council business was discussed, centering on the troubled with the stevedores. None of the three are fond of Ward or Pinter Dockwright; hardly surprising.
The most important piece of information from the interviews was that the dinner ended before 700 and that the decedent walked east rather than south, which would be the expected route. Where in the Nine Hells did he go for those three hours? Even at his age its at most an hour and a half to his home and he was very fit.
Based on this new information a five block section east was searched without result.
A review of the council activity in the week before and two weeks after the murder show no council action of controversy.
More to come . . .
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Did Stormmoon have a personal journal or a business log book?
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Did he have a personal attendant, or someone else who knew where he was going that night?
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I pull all the files we have on the stormmoon businesses. I specifically look for criminal activities or oddities in their recent history. Maybe some corruption, or even some regular pattern of break-ins etc.... I also pull their financial records, if such a thing is kept.
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We shuold find out if his wine was shipped overseas, and if so, to which places the most.
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Those all seem like good ideas. How do you go about accomplishing them?
I strongly recommend a plan before we reconvene in two weeks.
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How long before we can move about the city without having to deal with big snow delays?
Brevis, what can you tell us about our base of operations?
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Vasili assume the constablatory has some sort of filing system for old warrents, reports, etc. I start there, collecting everything on stormmoon businesses and personal matters.
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How long before we can move about the city without having to deal with big snow delays?
Brevis, what can you tell us about our base of operations?
The storm blows for five more days, dropping over 10 feet of snow on the city. After the storm ends the wind continues, blowing from the north and northwest without a break. Drifts leave alleyways completely blocked. The temperature does not rise above freezing.
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Is there a consensus among the locals that this was a natural or unnatural storm?
From my experience living in Icefia, how does this storm rank among those I've seen?
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The storm is the most severe you have seen for this part of the country. The coast is usually spared this amount of precipitation. However, given the sheer size of the storm there seems no way it could have been magical. Some are saying it's Frostine reasserting his control after the unusual summer and fall.
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Has anyone come out with a long term forecast? Farmers' almanac style. Do they think its going to be a long cold winter? Is it going to get warm enough to melt some of this before the sub freezing winter takes hold?
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Only the abrupt change from unseasonably warm to bitter cold gives anyone pause and no one is making predictions (except the occasional Frostine worshipper). As for the temperature no it stays cold and nothing melts.
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Asking so I know how easy it is for people to get out of the city; what is the number of ships that come and go from port in the winter? Not exact, just comparatively to other seasons.
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Has anyone come out with a long term forecast? Farmers' almanac style. Do they think its going to be a long cold winter? Is it going to get warm enough to melt some of this before the sub freezing winter takes hold?
Visili hisses that someone is wasting time worrying about the weather, when we have a case to solve....it's not our job...
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More from the file:
Having no disinterested witnesses to interview I proceeded to investigate the Stormmoon business. The family business is run by three of the decedent's children: Jacob, Emelda and Sharon. As noted above all are very distraught over their father's murder and were entirely cooperative. They know of know of no business rival who would desire their father's death. More importantly there would seem to be no profit in it; the decedent stepped down from active control of the enterprise nearly 15 years ago. Nevertheless a thorough review of the company's business dealings was conducted and no anomalies were found. All three children confirmed that their father had suffered from a deep melancholy after their mother's passing and had recovered from it a few months before the murder. They offered a variety of possible reasons for the recovery such as an increased interest in his council work, additional time with his grand children or possibly a new hobby. I found this last intriguing. Could it be related to his greater expenditures? No obvious answer presents itself as he did not keep a journal. Perhaps the household staff will have an idea.
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Ramsey reads through the case documents and any available public records searching for a few specific bits of information:
-Where are the three Stormmoon children that do not live within the city?
-What happened to the currently deceased Stormmoon child?
-Who replaced Stormmoon on the Council?
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Ramsey reads through the case documents and any available public records searching for a few specific bits of information:
-Where are the three Stormmoon children that do not live within the city?
-What happened to the currently deceased Stormmoon child?
-Who replaced Stormmoon on the Council?
First- Note that I corrected the date of the murder to Coustus not Wavery 783.
The answers to all three questions are contained in the file: The three living Children are Michael, Gideon and Katrina. Michael and Katrina are members of the Kingdom's military, Michael is a Kaelan (major) assigned to the army's elite Guardian Brigade. Katrina is a Thelan (Captain) in the Navy. Gideon is estranged from the family. He has forsaken the faiths of Stasis and Habastly and joined the Cult of Drunbarr. His whereabouts are presently unknown.
Immediately after the murder all three children returned home from the funeral. Michael was given leave from the army and was unanimously chosen to serve his father's term on the council. However in early 784 he was recalled to active duty. Katrina was then given leave to return as the Navy has had little difficulty with the Elves and she was not aboard a combat vessel in any case. She was unanimously selected to finish the term, which is due to end at the end of 784.
The deceased child was Loriella. She died as an infant.
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Is it explicitly stated anywhere that Stormmoon was a devout follow of Stasis?
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There is no reference to the level of his devotion.
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Are there any indications in the report that magic was used in the murder? Either in body's transport, the killing, etc.
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The File:
The investigation of the Stormmoon household proved fruitless. First, given the size of the mansion and the wealth of the family, the staff was very small; only four comprised of a groundskeeper, chef, cleaner and secretary. Second, the decedent dismissed the staff during his period of seclusion and had not yet hired them back at the time of the murder. Fortunately the staff members were easy to locate as the Stormmoon children had hired them to their own homes while they attempted to convince their father to rehire them.
The staff confirmed what was already well known: Abram Stormmoon was crushed by his wife's death, withdrew from his family and friends, becoming increasingly distant and isolated until late 782 when he appeared to make a recovery. By all accounts he had always been an independent man, hence the small staff, and was dedicated to his family, his city and the Kingdom.
I don't believe his family played any part in this murder. This was an assassination; his work on the Council, his business or some other interest is the motive for this crime.
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Did the children or staff note that anything has been removed from the house that they expected to be there when they went in after his death?
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The File:
The usual means of identifying a suspect or suspects through informants and confidential sources have failed. If believed, no one in the underworld has knowledge of who killed Stormmoon or why. All efforts to bribe, promise, cajole or threaten an idea have come to naught. Never have I seen such a dearth of information about a murder; and yet the killers made no effort to conceal their crime.
I now believe I know why the body was not secreted underground or even camouflaged amidst the rubble of the dump. A Seer in the employ of the church of Celetal was paid for by the family to assist me and could not find a single stone from which she could draw an image. The killers laid him down naked and were on their way.
I also recently learned that the Crown had selected Stormmoon for a title for his work during the Crusade. Wine, water and provisions were shipped to the front at his expense; both the cost to do the shipment and the losses the company incurred from the diversion of resources. It was done with no fanfare and no expectation of reward. To say that Lord Crystalsmyth and his brother, the head of the directing council are disappointed in me is an understatement of Hebablam proportion.
For the time being I have nothing left to add.
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Addendum to File, Investigator E. Blanchard
8 Trest 784 Possible Witness/Informant with information relating to the unsolved murder of Abram Stormmoon
Name Colminal Falce, Nationality Intorian (mixed ancestry, possibly Horarian) Gender: Male; Age: Approximately 26
Occupation: Stevedore/Deck Hand (non-union)
Colminal Falce was interrogated at the Shrine of the Bountiful Seas, in the presence of High Cleric Faison and Deputy N. Millerson.
The subject of the interrogation was the alleged statements made by Falce while recovering from injuries inflicted by a dock gang. Falce was believed to have been offloading a vessel known as the Black Gull without the aid of local stevedores. His injuries necessitated clerical intervention and a symbol of Lavash'Ki was found on his person he was brought to the shrine for healing. As he had no money or items of sufficient value on his person (investigator's note: need to add robbery to the charges against the stevedores) the clerics provided him with only the bare minimum and allowed him to remain in the shrine under their watch. As he was a potential witness a deputy was assigned to keep watch over him.
During the first night Deputy Norman Millerson distinctly heard Falce say the name Abram Stormmoon. Deputy states that the subject was delirious and appeared to be revisiting a conversation on the subject of Mr. Stormmoon's murder.
The following morning First Deputy Firepeak assigned me to interrogate him and drew from the treasury sufficient funds to pay for his healing. Upon being awoken and confronted the subject appeared terrified and refused to answer any questions unless given a promise of protection by his majesty's government. I returned to the castle to inform the First Deputy and the Lord Mayor. Shortly thereafter Falce escaped from the shrine, knocking the deputy on duty unconscious in the process. I also learned that the Black Gull had left harbor without taking on cargo immediately after Falce was assaulted. As there is no record of what they supposedly off loaded I can only assume it was a smuggler's ship.
Efforts to locate Falce have so far been unsuccessful.
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Has the Black Gull returned to Phiam since then?
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The File
Entry by Chief Investigator and Second Deputy Thate, 17 Leenot 784:
I have never believed that Stasis or any of the powers of the Light punish us in this life but I am beginning to think Compture or Lavash'Ki or another wretched power of Chaos is at work against me in this case. A witness appears and then disappears while I am out of the city for two months. Now Brentan is gone, by his own request no less, to join Martine at the front. I could not have worse luck.
Upon my return I immediately began to look for Falce. He is not unknown in the underworld but is not highly though of by others of his ilk. He was on occasion paid by the Onice (and had Blanchard made that connection that alone would have been enough to take him into custody . . .) but does not appear by name in any of the limited records we have recovered of their operation. The Black Gull is a privately owned vessel that has shipped for most major companies including the Onice and Seafarers but not Waterstreet. The ship returned to port last month and fortunately Harbormaster Pratt held her for two days while the marines searched from the keel to the crow's nest under First Deputy Firepeak's personal direction. They found a false hold, confirming Blanchard's instinct, but no contraband. She was also under a different captain and no log entry could be found regarding the last visit to the city. Brentan seized the log and I examined it. It is clearly a wholesale copy as the writing is too consistent, despite efforts to make it look otherwise, for it to have been the work of multiple people over an extended period of time. Smugglers, likely very well paid independents. What are the Onice up to now?
No sign of Falce and no way to determine if he is alive or dead. I intend to continue my search for him until he is found.
For only the third time in my career I have resorted to the use of the Divination prayer. I have rarely found them useful and this time was no different. Listen Carefully was the only answer.
End of File
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In light of the complete file let me know what if any of the previously posted actions you still wish to take.
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How are large sums of money usually transferred (legitimately) in Icefia? Coin, gems, transfer between bank accounts?
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Was Falce a resident of Icefia, or did he come in on the Black Gull? Or some other ship?
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- Are all of the staff (groundskeeper, chef, cleaner and secretary) still working for the family?
- Is there any clue as to this new hobby that might have revitalized the decedent?
- Uleric will talk to the secretary and cleaner (assuming they can be found) to see if they remember/know anything about the hobby
- Uleric will ask the groundskeeper (again assuming he/she can be found) if there were any changes to the grounds made between the time the decedent recovered from his melancholly to the time of his death
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At some point during our time together, I ask Ularik: "My apologies if you told us already, but how long have you been a constable?"
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Uleric responds, "I was a training class or two ahead of you, so 6 months longer than you would be my guess. As I said before, I was relegated to a desk job almost immediately after training, which contributed to my unfortunate nick-name back in Masada. I jumped at the chance to get out and do some real work, such as it has been..."
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How are large sums of money usually transferred (legitimately) in Icefia? Coin, gems, transfer between bank accounts?
The Kingdom does not have a complex banking system. One national bank, used primarily by businesses, and a few private banks, used almost exclusively by the wealthy. For the ultra wealthy, which would include the Stormmoons, they prefer to keep private vaults.
Bank notes are used for the transfer of funds between banks except if an account is closed. Then the actual deposits are typically returned.
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- Are all of the staff (groundskeeper, chef, cleaner and secretary) still working for the family?
- Is there any clue as to this new hobby that might have revitalized the decedent?
- Uleric will talk to the secretary and cleaner (assuming they can be found) to see if they remember/know anything about the hobby
- Uleric will ask the groundskeeper (again assuming he/she can be found) if there were any changes to the grounds made between the time the decedent recovered from his melancholly to the time of his death
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1) yes
2) no
I will wait until I see what if any course of action you decide to take as a group before I decide to play out your questions on the board or in a session.
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Uleric responds, "I was a training class or two ahead of you, so 6 months longer than you would be my guess. As I said before, I was relegated to a desk job almost immediately after training, which contributed to my unfortunate nick-name back in Masada. I jumped at the chance to get out and do some real work, such as it has been..."
"I understand." During that conversation with Ularik, "Is Arsur'anyodel a common faith among the dwarves? It doesn't seem to me that it would be?"
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Was Falce a resident of Icefia, or did he come in on the Black Gull? Or some other ship?
DM, any response to this question?
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DM, any response to this question?
Any question not in the file you will have to seek out an answer for.
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Besides case files, what other records are typically kept by the constabulatory?
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How many constables that worked on the case are still constables?
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"I understand." During that conversation with Ularik, "Is Arsur'anyodel a common faith among the dwarves? It doesn't seem to me that it would be?"
"No, not especially. I, however, had an unfortunate encounter with the Cult of Dresta in my youth. It was a Cleric of Arsur'Anyodel and the Constables of Mesada who saved my life. Long story short, the Cultist grabbed me off the street one night as I was returning home from an errand for my family. Apparently he wanted to use me as a sacrifice in some sort of ceremony. After going through our Constable training, I can see why he chose me though. I was young, not as strong as he, not aware of my surroundings, and mired in thought at the time. My inebriated state that night may have played a factor as well. At any rate, the Cleric of Arsur'Anyodel had been hunting the Cultist and, fortunately for me, cought up to him in Mesada. They started fighting, the noise they made and my screams of pain from my part in the ceremony alerted that districts Constable Unit. And, here we are."
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Besides case files, what other records are typically kept by the constabulatory?
Everything related to a case should be in a file. Other documents you might find in a file include: interviews, confessions, evidence logs, warrants and sketches.
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How many constables that worked on the case are still constables?
Besides the names explicitly stated; Firepeak, Thate, Blanchard and Millerson there are another twenty that appear as having held the scene where the body was found, conducted the searches for the murder scene, canvassed the area for witnesses and guarded Falce.
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Everything related to a case should be in a file. Other documents you might find in a file include: interviews, confessions, evidence logs, warrants and sketches.
I meant what other information is generally easily accessible to us that is not in the case file? Are there general criminal records where we could look for info on Falce? Tax records? You get the idea.
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I meant what other information is generally easily accessible to us that is not in the case file? Are there general criminal records where we could look for info on Falce? Tax records? You get the idea.
Got it. Criminal Histories are kept by the constables as are a list of informants, though that is only accessible to the First and Second Deputies. Tax records, birth, death and marriage records are maintained by the churches. Military service is kept the Ministry of Defense. The constables also maintain a fugitive list, the highlights of which were provided to you. The constables keep a locker of lost and unclaimed property. The length of time it is kept for varies based on factors such as value, uniqueness, danger etc. That is kept at the city HQ. Likewise evidence is maintained until a case is closed and appeals exhausted. It is then destroyed, issued out or forfeited to the government or victim.
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Did the family report anything of note missing from his estate? Wedding ring, or other piece of jewelry. Is it known that he was carrying anything of note that night? Not necessarily valuable, just unique.
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Did the family report anything of note missing from his estate? Wedding ring, or other piece of jewelry. Is it known that he was carrying anything of note that night? Not necessarily valuable, just unique.
If by unique you mean personal items, he was wearing a set of worn boots with purple stains from years of use in the vineyards and a walking stick with a scrimshawed ivory ball resembling the moon partially obscured by clouds at the end.
There is no report of anything missing from the estate.
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Were those items ever recovered?
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Were those items ever recovered?
No.
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Is there anything in the notes about the significance of those items? For example: The cane was a gift from the religion of Arsur'anyodel.
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The cane is a family heirloom and may have magical qualities. The boots are just old.
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Were those items ever recovered?
No.
If only there were some sort of business or service in Port Phiam that was set up to find lost items.....(*cough *cough Parker and Asinjin's 'Lost and Founders' *cough *cough)
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Unfortunately, we're not back yet in the timeline.
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Unfortunately, we're not back yet in the timeline.
I know, it's just good to know that there would be an immediate market for their services....lol
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Yes, true.
To everyone else in the group (all who have some supernatural ability), "Do you have a quick and safe way to melt ice and snow?"
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Yes, true.
To everyone else in the group (all who have some supernatural ability), "Do you have a quick and safe way to melt ice and snow?"
Vasili suggests.."Pee seems very safe and effective" but beyond that no.
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Robert's face cringes a little at that remark, "Excuse me, your must have said that wrong, could you try again?"
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Vasili suggests.."Pee seems very safe and effective" but beyond that no.
Interesting suggestion. Effective and low cost, but not very efficient when dealing with large quantities of snow...plus I think there are laws against public urination.
Addressing your question Rob, how big of an area are you thinking? I think I may have magic to aid with small volumes of snow, but larger quantities would require powerful magic which I am not able to conjure.
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So what's the plan then?
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Search for the man?
Search for the ship?
Search for the items?
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Search for the man?
Search for the ship?
Search for the items?
Good start. At a minimum you must do the following before Tuesday: review the things you wanted to do that were posted before the file was completely posted and decide which if any of them you still want to ask for/ undertake AND you must have a plan of what you will do at the beginning of the session.
I will post xp when these have been done.
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Search for the man?
Search for the ship?
Search for the items?
Uleric responds:
"These are a good idea, but I think they should be in a different order. Items, Man, then Ship. I think it will be easier to find the items and backtrack any previous possessions until we can find out who killed the decedent. The Man has been unsuccessfully located by persons with more experience than us and there is no reason we can expect to do any better. The ship should be the easiest to track, though still difficult to find. All we really have to do is gather reports from the dockmasters as to the ships that are in port and keep an eye, or ear, out for any unregistered moorings."
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Uleric responds:
"These are a good idea, but I think they should be in a different order. Items, Man, then Ship. I think it will be easier to find the items and backtrack any previous possessions until we can find out who killed the decedent. The Man has been unsuccessfully located by persons with more experience than us and there is no reason we can expect to do any better. The ship should be the easiest to track, though still difficult to find. All we really have to do is gather reports from the dockmasters as to the ships that are in port and keep an eye, or ear, out for any unregistered moorings."
I agree. Though it might be wiser to conduct whatever indoor activities and file searches we need to do first while the weather passes and the streets clear. For instance, we should check to see if Falce has a criminal record that we could extract info from.
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I agree. Though it might be wiser to conduct whatever indoor activities and file searches we need to do first while the weather passes and the streets clear. For instance, we should check to see if Falce has a criminal record that we could extract info from.
An excellent idea. I'd rather not trudge through chin-deep snow if I don't have to.
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We should bring in the Decedents employees as well. We can, with any luck, get better descriptions of the items we seek as well as the activities of the decedent prior to the murder. I must admit, this 'unknown hobby' of his has me intrigued.
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Good start. At a minimum you must do the following before Tuesday: review the things you wanted to do that were posted before the file was completely posted and decide which if any of them you still want to ask for/ undertake AND you must have a plan of what you will do at the beginning of the session.
I will post xp when these have been done.
Any response to my request for any crime reports the constablitory has on any of the deceased companies?
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Any response to my request for any crime reports the constablitory has on any of the deceased companies?
Yes. You receive a small packet and a note. The note says: While I admire your zeal, and presumably thoroughness, I will patiently remind you your orders are to find Colminal Falce.
Signed Tristan Atherton, Acting First Deputy Constable for the Royal City of Port Phiam
As you would expect with a large company there have been numerous petty crimes over the years by and against company employees. The most serious was a slashing apparently related to infidelity by one worker's wife with another worker. The criminal was convicted and sentenced.
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Do we need a warrant to have the Dockmasters turn over a copy of their records about ships entering and leaving the city docs? What about privately owned docks?
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You do not need a warrant to look at the harbormaster's logs. There are no privately owned docks. The piers are owned by the kingdom and shippers lease slips from the kingdom. For large companies those leases can be for very long periods of time; decades or more.